Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt addressed News Corp lobbyist Fred Michel as “daddy” and “mon ami” in text messages released by the Leveson Inquiry.

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Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood says he was “angry” at briefings, reportedly from Steve Hilton, suggesting huge cuts are being considered to the civil service.

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Mandarin ‘angry’ over cuts claims

State Department cyber experts recently hacked into Web sites being used by al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen and substituted the group’s anti-American rhetoric with information about civilians killed in terrorist strikes, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday. Read full article > >

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U.S. hacks Web sites of al-Qaeda affiliate in Yemen

Business Secretary Vince Cable has attacked a plan being considered by fellow ministers to make it easier for companies to sack workers.

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VIDEO: Should it be easier to fire staff?

Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan is due to make a statement on a green paper which could set out the future of the assembly’s electoral arrangements.

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Assembly election proposals due

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s former special adviser Adam Smith will give evidence to the Leveson Inquiry next week, it is announced.

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Home Secretary Theresa May denies her relationship with the police is beyond repair after she was heckled at the Police Federation conference.

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Heckled May defends police change

Foreign Secretary William Hague has called on bosses to stop “complaining” about the state of the economy and work harder.

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Hague tells bosses to work harder

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt sought “private advice” over phone hacking, an email sent to ex-News International boss Rebekah Brooks by the firm’s PR chief suggests.

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Hunt ‘sought News Corp guidance’

The Department of Veterans Affairs may need to hire more mental health workers on top of the 1,900 new positions announced last month, VA Secretary Eric Shinseki told a House panel Tuesday. Skinseki made the comments at a hearing before the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee held in response to the release of a report from the VA’s inspector general that found the department has greatly overstated how quickly it provides mental-health care for veterans. Read full article > >

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Education Secretary Michael Gove signals to head teachers there will be a re-think over plans for Ofsted to inspect schools without any warning.

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Retreat on no-notice inspections

In her first statement on Chen Guangcheng since arriving in China, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Friday that she was encouraged by “progress” in the diplomatic crisis.

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Clinton Cites ‘Progress’ on Chinese Dissident

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is under fire from a source very close to him. We’re not talking, of course, about his inner circle of advisers or political allies, but rather … his bolo tie. Salazar’s Western neckwear has been expressing its frustration with its owner, who it feels has grown distant of late, on its Twitter feed @kensbolo (described in its bio as “a stylish, jetsetting accessory on exciting adventures within the federal government. Oh yes.”) Read full article > >

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Chen Guangcheng says he regrets leaving the refuge of the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and is pleading for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to help him get to the United States.

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Chinese activist says he wants to go to U.S.

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt rejects Labour calls for him to resign over claims about his role in News Corp’s bid for BSkyB.

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